 And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious aisle. "Take thy banner! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale, When the clarion's...  Voices of the Night - Page 42by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...it cheers me long. HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM, AT THE CONSECRATION OF PCLASKl'S BANNER. WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...glimmering tapers shed Faint light on the cowled head ; And die censer burning swung, Where, before the altar, hung The blood-red banner, that with prayer Had... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...'ENCIKCLINO ; en-ser'kling ; do not sound :• like i. WHEN the dying flame of day, Through the chancel sliot its ray, Far the glimmering tapers shed Faint light...censer burning swung, Where, before the altar, hung That proud banner, which with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nun's sweet hymn was heard... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...American revolution, was of crimson silk, embroidnred by the Moravian nuus of Bethelem, Pennsylvania." WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...censer burning swung, Where before the altar hung That round banner, which, with prayer, Had been consecrated there ; And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...it cheers me long. HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM, AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASKl's BANNER. Far the glimmering tapers shed Faint light on the...that with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious aisle. " Take thy banner ! May... | |
 | 1851 - 496 pages
...WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS, AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASKI'S BANNER. AMERICAN POETRY. WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...censer burning swung, Where before the altar hung That proud banner, which with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pages
...Longfellow, in the following beautiful "HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASKI'S BANNER. " eved the independence of the United States. The highly-polished...most noble feelings of the heart. His hand, open a When before the altar hung That proud banner, which, with pray'r, Had been consecrated there ; And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 504 pages
...listen, and it cheers me long HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM, AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASEl'S BANKER. WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel...banner, that with prayer Had been consecrated there. HYMN OP THE MORAVIAN NUNS. 43 And the nun's sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1853 - 300 pages
...WARRIOR ; wfir'yC-r; sound r. SHROUD; do not drop the A. ENCIRCLING- en-sersling ; do not sound I like I. WHEN the dying flame of day, Through the chancel shot...censer burning swung, Where, before the altar, hung That proud banner, which with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nun's sweet hymn was heard... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...with your song ; HYMN Off THE MORAVIAN KUNS OF BETHLEHEM, AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASKl's BANNER. WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...that with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious aisle. " Take thy banner ! May... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...it cheers me long. HYMN OP THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASKl'S BANNER. WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...that with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet prayer was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious aisle. " Take thy banner !... | |
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